OBIT:  SMITHBOWER, Peter; 1907; Patton, Cambria Cnty., PA

Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich

Copyright 2009.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/


Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 28 Jun 1907
Volume 41, Number 26


Killed by Lightning 

During a severe thunderstorm which swept over the north of 
the County Saturday afternoon, Peter Smithbower, a well 
known resident of Patton, was struck and instantly killed 
by lightning.  He was 24 years of age and unmarried.

Smithbower was sitting at an open window reading.  The 
storm came up, but he paid no attention to it.  A very 
bright flash of lightning was followed by a terrific roar 
of thunder.  People in the house ran to the room in which 
Smithbower had been reading and found him lying dead on the 
floor. His body was badly burned.